NST is deeply engrained in the food and agriculture community, and has served numerous clients in the agri-food chain including companies, cooperatives, commodity marketing boards, trade industry groups and government agencies. As an extension of this work and in conjunction with the University of California, Davis, NST created Food Foresight – a trends intelligence system for the agri-food chain. Since 1992, Food Foresight has provided trends intelligence for anticipating, planning for and managing trends/issues likely to impact the agri-food chain.

Information is collected across numerous databases with implications drawn from a multidiscipline blue ribbon panel of experts. These implications are validated and organized into a report, which is best used as a foundation for strategic planning, future scenario planning, and issue and crisis management for the agri-food chain.